Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Who Were They Employing, Mr Bean?

A Leicester City Council driver has been sacked after crashing eight times in a year – leaving the authority with a £20,000 bill.
No, leaving the taxpayer with a £20,000 bill…
On one occasion he collided with a cyclist, leaving the council with an estimated bill of £2,000.

On another occasion he pulled out from a side road and hit a car with two occupants, shunting it into a parked vehicle.
/facepalm
Five other incidents – understood to be minor shunts with posts and gates – each caused damage of up to £1,000. An eighth accident was found not to have been his fault.
In anything other than a public sector post, he wouldn’t have been around for the last few…
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9 comments:

  1. Macheath22 November 2011 at 09:35

    In anything other than a public sector post

    Maybe not now, but I remember working for a firm in the 80s where the sales reps damaged their cars with astonishing frequency; somehow the fact that it was a company vehicle seemed to mean it didn't count as an accident.

    In fact, one of the reps described himself as an excellent driver because he had never crashed a car he owned.

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  2. Curmudgeon22 November 2011 at 09:35

    Interesting how the report doesn't name him.

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  3. Antisthenes22 November 2011 at 10:33

    I am surprised that he is not taking the council to a tribunal for unfair dismissal. Perhaps I am being premature and he will. Regardless of the facts of the matter his chances of winning such an action are considerable. The cost to him nil the cost to the council/taxpayer high. What a wonderful social democratic world we live in, where else can you watch the amazing spectacle of the economic and social decline of a nation all from the comfort of your armchair in front of the TV or computer.

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  4. Mick Turatian22 November 2011 at 10:40

    In anything other than a public sector post

    You might say that he collided with his own post at last...

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  5. Captain Haddock22 November 2011 at 10:41

    Whilst on the subject of driving & accidents Julia ..

    Do you recall a recent post about a Latvian driver, involved in a hit & run accident in Lincolnshire ?

    Is this the same bloke ?

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2064297/Intars-Pless-Latvian-drink-drive-killer-revealed-axe-murderer-knew-about.html

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  6. Ranter22 November 2011 at 10:50

    I wondered where Charlie Caroli and his car went?

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  7. Angry Exile22 November 2011 at 13:09

    Curmudgeon spotted it too. What are we calling this? Driver of no appearance? Council employee of no appearance?

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  8. blueknight22 November 2011 at 21:33

    Interesting how the report doesn't name him.

    The name could be a give away - MONN?

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  9. JuliaM23 November 2011 at 05:29

    "In fact, one of the reps described himself as an excellent driver because he had never crashed a car he owned."

    Clearly an important distinction for him!

    "Interesting how the report doesn't name him."

    We can't know those sorts of details, we aren't important enough. We just pay his wages.

    "What a wonderful social democratic world we live in, where else can you watch the amazing spectacle of the economic and social decline of a nation all from the comfort of your armchair in front of the TV or computer."

    Indeed!

    "Is this the same bloke ?"
    Good grief! I'd hope not...

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